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i thought it was michelle!
2009 Pic thread Yearly ones are better
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Posted 13 July 2009 - 03:45 PM
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Posted 13 July 2009 - 11:22 PM
that looks nothing like michelle LOL. yes thats me 
this too shall pass..
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Posted 25 August 2009 - 02:49 PM
poeticnewageretrohippie, on 05 January 2009 - 10:53 AM, said:
i crossed the mason dixon line into snowy terrain and found this mysterious alien tool. does anyone have any leads?
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/phylum_nematoda/DSCN0275.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
also theres a "what will your baby look like" generator on the volkswagen website, so heres the future offspring of conan obrien and i:
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/phylum_nematoda/babyconzie.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/phylum_nematoda/DSCN0275.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
also theres a "what will your baby look like" generator on the volkswagen website, so heres the future offspring of conan obrien and i:
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/phylum_nematoda/babyconzie.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
A dimetric anamorphic phase flux invertor crystal !!!! I have been looking for one of those for years!!!!
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Posted 14 September 2009 - 04:20 PM
Once upon a time (about a year ago), I went on a cruise around Japan. While on that cruise ship, I met a brother and sister from Germany who were about the same age as me. Being the team player that I am, I left the other three guys in my band to drink with each other in the cabin and spent the rest of the cruise hanging out with these two. Anyway, we had such a good time that we said that we'd catch up whenever we were in the area again.
Well, the sister is back in the area. And by "in the area," I mean Taiwan. Taiwan's a four-hour plane ride from Tokyo. It's just experienced a massive typhoon, the Prime Minister just resigned, I know nobody else there and I speak literally two words of Chinese. So I went.
And I am so glad that I did!
I stayed at the Grand Formosa Regent, which has a Chinese name that I can't pronounce. The taxi drivers don't understand a word of English, though, so people at the airport and hotel have to tell them where I'm headed. That's when it really hits you that you're on your own in a totally strange land. Cool.
Word of advice: don't go on holiday on the cheap. Spend a little extra to stay somewhere nice. It's a fraction more than you'd otherwise pay, and the experience will be incalculably better. In short, this hotel was AWESOME.
Oh yeah.
There was a small band playing in the atrium bar over the weekend. The singers were always just on the pleasant side of soft, and the material was always universally known. On the first day, I walked in to the sounds of "All I Ask Of You." Bliss.
Pictured: the buffet breakfast area. Not pictured: the Russian Deaflympics team eating there. Yes, the Deaf Olympics were being held in Taipei over this weekend, and the Russian team was staying in my hotel. I don't know how the staff managed to communicate with a bunch of twenty-somethings speaking Russian Sign Language, but everything seemed to work smoothly. There was security on my room's floor, however. That was pretty cool.
This is the pool, on the roof.
This is the view from the roof.
We then went to a CD store, as I wanted to see if the band's CDs had made it over there. Wonder of wonders, we found one! However, because I got her to take a picture holding it, and seeing it makes it pretty obvious which band I'm in, I'm not going to put it up here. Protect the privacy of the innocent and all that. I will, however, show you something hilarious:
The one on the left is titled "He & He." The one on the left, "She & She." That's right, people. Taiwan has customised compilation CDs for both male and female homosexual relationships, promoted heavily in major CD stores. Take that, California!
There was an accordionist playing in the subway station. Don't ask me why.
We went to the Chiang Kai-Shek National Memorial. It is HUGE.
The gate.
The National Theatre. (There were cheerleaders and a marching band practicing under the portico.)
The, uh...not the National Theatre. Or maybe another one. I can't remember.
Looking from the gate, with the theatres on the left and right sides, towards the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial/Monument.
Chiang Kai-Shek. No parallels with Lincoln here. Nup, none whatsoever.
The spectacular view from the steps of the Memorial, ruined by some random foreigner.
The sorta-kinda-we-haven't-quite-decided Father of the Nation, in a more intimate setting.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is all I took. That was Saturday afternoon. Saturday evening, we went out with a bunch of people. Sunday morning, I awoke in the shower to discover that the bathroom was flooded. Monday morning, I was at the airport.
Don't I look bright-eyed and bushy-tailed!
And that, ladies and gentlemen, was my weekend in Taipei. It was so much fun that we've resolved to hang out again, some time in the next 1-and-a-half years. I'll keep you posted.
Well, the sister is back in the area. And by "in the area," I mean Taiwan. Taiwan's a four-hour plane ride from Tokyo. It's just experienced a massive typhoon, the Prime Minister just resigned, I know nobody else there and I speak literally two words of Chinese. So I went.
And I am so glad that I did!
I stayed at the Grand Formosa Regent, which has a Chinese name that I can't pronounce. The taxi drivers don't understand a word of English, though, so people at the airport and hotel have to tell them where I'm headed. That's when it really hits you that you're on your own in a totally strange land. Cool.
Word of advice: don't go on holiday on the cheap. Spend a little extra to stay somewhere nice. It's a fraction more than you'd otherwise pay, and the experience will be incalculably better. In short, this hotel was AWESOME.
Oh yeah.
There was a small band playing in the atrium bar over the weekend. The singers were always just on the pleasant side of soft, and the material was always universally known. On the first day, I walked in to the sounds of "All I Ask Of You." Bliss.
Pictured: the buffet breakfast area. Not pictured: the Russian Deaflympics team eating there. Yes, the Deaf Olympics were being held in Taipei over this weekend, and the Russian team was staying in my hotel. I don't know how the staff managed to communicate with a bunch of twenty-somethings speaking Russian Sign Language, but everything seemed to work smoothly. There was security on my room's floor, however. That was pretty cool.
This is the pool, on the roof.
This is the view from the roof.
We then went to a CD store, as I wanted to see if the band's CDs had made it over there. Wonder of wonders, we found one! However, because I got her to take a picture holding it, and seeing it makes it pretty obvious which band I'm in, I'm not going to put it up here. Protect the privacy of the innocent and all that. I will, however, show you something hilarious:
The one on the left is titled "He & He." The one on the left, "She & She." That's right, people. Taiwan has customised compilation CDs for both male and female homosexual relationships, promoted heavily in major CD stores. Take that, California!
There was an accordionist playing in the subway station. Don't ask me why.
We went to the Chiang Kai-Shek National Memorial. It is HUGE.
The gate.
The National Theatre. (There were cheerleaders and a marching band practicing under the portico.)
The, uh...not the National Theatre. Or maybe another one. I can't remember.
Looking from the gate, with the theatres on the left and right sides, towards the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial/Monument.
Chiang Kai-Shek. No parallels with Lincoln here. Nup, none whatsoever.
The spectacular view from the steps of the Memorial, ruined by some random foreigner.
The sorta-kinda-we-haven't-quite-decided Father of the Nation, in a more intimate setting.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is all I took. That was Saturday afternoon. Saturday evening, we went out with a bunch of people. Sunday morning, I awoke in the shower to discover that the bathroom was flooded. Monday morning, I was at the airport.
Don't I look bright-eyed and bushy-tailed!
And that, ladies and gentlemen, was my weekend in Taipei. It was so much fun that we've resolved to hang out again, some time in the next 1-and-a-half years. I'll keep you posted.
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Posted 17 September 2009 - 08:43 AM
speaking as someone who used to work in a record store in California, we have mixes dedicated to homosexual couples too.
